David Lancaster

David Lancaster is an American film and television producer and the CEO of the production company Rumble Films. His work as a producer for the 2014 film Whiplash earned him a nomination for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards.

Life and career Lancaster began his career as a film producer in 1985 for the television film The Laundromat. His first feature film was Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988), which was directed by Stephen Tobolowsky. More films and television films as producer and executive producer followed, with Lancaster eventually becoming co-president of the production company Bold Films in 2006.

In 2014, he resigned his position at Bold Films to launch his own film company, Rumble Films. His work on the 2014 film Whiplash earned him and fellow producers Jason Blum and Helen Estabrook a nomination for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards.

Filmography

Film Year Title Director Notes 1988 Two Idiots in Hollywood Stephen Tobolowsky 1993 Quick Rick King 1996 Terminal Justice Rick King 1996 Persons Unknown George Hickenlooper 1998 The Sadness of Sex Rupert Wainwright 1999 Loving Jezebel Kwyn Bader 2000 Second Skin Darrell James Roodt 2002 Lone Hero Ken Sanzel 2003 Consequence Anthony Hickox 2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long Shainee Gabel 2004 Blast Anthony Hickox 2004 Riding the Bullet Mick Garris 2005 Slipstream David van Eyssen 2006 Hollow Man 2 Claudio Fäh 2006 The Breed Nicholas Mastandrea 2008 Middle of Nowhere John Stockwell 2008 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Edward Neumeier 2009 The Hole Joe Dante 2010 Legion Scott Stewart 2013 Evidence Olatunde Osunsanmi 2013 Heatstroke Evelyn Maude Purcell 2014Lost River Ryan Gosling 2014 Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy 2014 Whiplash Damien Chazelle Academy Award nomination for Best Picture 2015 No Escape John Erick Dowdle 2015 Eye in the Sky Gavin Hood 2016 Message from the King Fabrice Du Welz 2017 Small Crimes E. L. Katz 2018 Donnybrook Tim Sutton 2019 The Other Lamb Małgorzata Szumowska 2019 The Burnt Orange Heresy Giuseppe Capotondi 2019 Semper Fi Henry Alex Rubin

Television Year Title Notes 1985 The Laundromat Television film 1993 Scam Television film 1996 Woman Undone Television film 1999 The Last Witness Television film 2002 Borderline Television film 2002 Pavement Television film 2002 Federal Protection Television film 2004 Dracula 3000 Television film